Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.
Look: Ecco Homo, J Kirk Richards - Source
Listen: “Messiah: Part the Second: No. 22 Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God”, Handel Messiah, The Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra - Spotify | YouTube | Text
Read: Psalm 37:1-18; Deuteronomy 7:6-11; Titus 1:1-16; John 1:29-34
Pray: adapted from John 1:32, 34
Do: Sit in silence for 5 minutes, praying only the Jesus Prayer
Read MoreAn Advent daybook for these 24 days of prayerful expectation. Join me, won't you?
For an introduction read this post: Advent Daybook explained. You can see previous Advent daybook 2018 posts here.
Look: Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio), The Young Saint John the Baptist, 1480
Listen: "Prepare the Way” from 30 Songs of Contemplative Worship, Simply Taizé
Read: Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 1:67-79, Philippians 1:3-11, Luke 3:1-6
Pray: “Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Second Sunday of Advent)
Do: Attend a live performance or listen to a quality recording of Handel’s Messiah.
Read More“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
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Restore us, O God of hosts;
let your face shine, that we may be saved!”
— Galatians 4:4-7 (ESV) & Psalm 80:7 (ESV)
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